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Definitions: Masonic |
MasonicAdjective1. Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry; "masonic tools". 2. Of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry; "Masonic lodge". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "masonic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Crosswords: Masonic |
| English words defined with "masonic": Knight Templar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "masonic": Death and Doctor Hornbook. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Masonic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (masonic). |
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![]() | Architectural drawing for a fraternal lodge ("Proposed Masonic Temple"), Connecticut Avenue and Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Bird's eye perspective.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Parsons, Kansas: Masonic Temple.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Masons around rostrum at George Washington memorial service, and cornerstone-laying ceremony, at the Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia] / Underwood & Underwood, Inc., Washington.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Atlanta, Ga. Railroad depot and yard; Trout House and Masonic Hall in background.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, in Masonic regalia, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated at table with tablecloth.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Masonic home, Manchester, N.H.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Masonic headquarters in Worthington, Ohio.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Post office, Masonic temple and drug store. Virginia City, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Masonic Temple. Exterior of Masonic Temple.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Masonic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Masonic" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "masonic": masonic lodge ♦ Masonic systems. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "masonic": anti-masonic. | |
Containing "masonic": Anti-Masonic Party. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
masonic | 665 | center illinois masonic medical | 32 |
masonic lodge | 288 | history masonic | 28 |
masonic ring | 202 | masonic sword | 28 |
masonic jewelry | 165 | masonic graphic | 28 |
masonic temple | 143 | masonic and apron | 27 |
masonic symbol | 126 | detroit masonic temple | 25 |
masonic ritual | 101 | masonic degree | 22 |
masonic supply | 81 | masonic picture | 22 |
hospital illinois masonic | 79 | masonic watch | 21 |
masonic clip art | 73 | clothing masonic | 20 |
masonic order | 65 | masonic bible | 20 |
masonic clipart | 60 | masonic emblem | 20 |
masonic emblems | 59 | masonic gift | 19 |
masonic secret | 58 | education masonic | 18 |
masonic home | 50 | masonic apparel | 18 |
masonic regalia | 49 | masonic auditorium | 17 |
illinois masonic | 41 | masonic shirt | 17 |
art masonic | 40 | masonic screensaver | 16 |
masonic pin | 39 | masonic store | 14 |
masonic book | 37 | lodge masonic texas | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "masonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | masoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ماسوني (freemason, mason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | масонски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zednářský. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vrijmetselaars‐, vrýmetselaars-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | framasona. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به فراماسون . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maçonnique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | freimaurerisch (freemasonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μασονικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של "בו ים "חפשיים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabadkõmûves (freemason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | massonico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | masoonagh (Freemason, mason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asonicmay maçônico (masonry), pote de conserva. (various references) masonic, francmasonic. (various references) масонский. (various references) masonski. (various references) masónico. (various references) frimurar-. (various references) เกี่ยวกับช่างก่อหินหรืออิฐ, เกี่ยวกับองค์กรลับระหว่างประเทศที่ช่วยเหลือกัน. (various references) masonluğa ait. (various references) масонський. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Masonic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Manolic, Marongiu, Marsonair, Masani, Mashona, Maslonikov, masoned, masonics, Massoni, Masuno, Mavonia, Mazowia, Mazzone, Mazzoni, Miconia, miskovic, Misonne, Missoni, Mosconi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "masonic" (pronounced musÄ"nik) |
| 6 | -u s Ä" n i k | ultrasonic. |
| 5 | -s Ä" n i k | hypersonic, sonic, supersonic. |
| 4 | -Ä" n i k | allophonic, avionic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, conic, demonic, diatonic, electronic, embryonic, ganglionic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, laconic, leptonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monophonic, nucleonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, sardonic, symphonic, synchronic, tectonic, telephonic, tonic. |
| 3 | -n i k | arsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anosmic, camions, maniocs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: amnios, anomic, camion, casino, macons, manics, manioc, mascon, mosaic, socman. | |
-2 letters: amino, amins, amnic, amnio, cains, canso, cions, coins, comas, icons, macon, mains, manic, manos, mason, micas, minas, moans, monas, nomas, osmic, scion, sonic. | |
-3 letters: aims, ains, amin, amis, anis, asci, cain, cams, cans, ciao, cion, coin, coma, coni, cons, icon, ions, macs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-m-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: campions, coamings, laconism, limacons, maniocas, minorcas, moccasin, monacids, monastic, simoniac. | |
+2 letters: aconitums, acromions, ammoniacs, armonicas, campesino, champions, cinnamons, coinmates, comedians, companies, complains, coumarins, demoniacs, encomiast, harmonics, insomniac, laconisms, macaronis, macintosh, mandiocas, marocains, moccasins, monachism, monastics, monoacids, monobasic, omniarchs, onomastic, romantics, simoniacs, volcanism. | |
+3 letters: acrimonies, actomyosin, ascogonium, astronomic, cairngorms, calumnious, campesinos, carcinomas, chamoising, chromatins, coassuming, cobalamins, companions, comparison, compassing, compassion, complaints, cremations, dominances, dormancies, egomaniacs, encomiasts, geomancies, harmonicas, iconoclasm, impactions, insomniacs, macaronics, macaronies, macedoines, mackintosh, magnificos, manticores, maraschino, mastodonic, mendacious, miscaption, monachisms, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, monochasia, mordancies, morticians, mosaicking, nomarchies, nonmusical, normalcies, nosocomial, onomastics, organicism, organismic, sanctimony, scammonies, simoniacal, stomaching, volcanisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 73 6F 6E 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- ... --- -. .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110011 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a s o n i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0073 006F 006E 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678581807569 |
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